After 5 hours of struggle Java works in FireFox

Tue Dec 28 17:43:29 UTC 2004

:> I know this is a crap answer but I've been reading Richard Stallman
> all day. Java will never be supported in Ubuntu unless Sun decides to
> make it free. 

how about an open-source IBM's  JRE?  That could make life easier for
Ubuntu's users:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1731913,00.asp

"especially when IBM's intention to release a fully open-source JRE
(Java Runtime Environment) and class libraries within the next year or
so is about the worst-kept secret in the industry. IBM executives
scarcely even bother to deny this any more," [Eric] Raymond wrote."

And if you are on a x86 hardware, you can try IBM's Java instead of
Sun's using these instructions in the wiki:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/IBMJava